On our March 19 show, we explored the hidden feelings of motherhood and the realities of postpartum depression with author and expert Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, and Victoria moms Robin Farr and Toni Byrnes. I would like to express my deep thanks to these moms for sharing their postpartum depression experiences as it helps dissolve the isolation and guilt so many women feel about their own experiences.
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Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and International Board Certified lactation consultant, and the author or editor of 20 books in the fields of trauma, women’s health, depression and breastfeeding, in addition to authoring hundreds of journal articles and other publications. Among her numerous books, Kathleen is the author of The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood, Depression in New Mothers, and co-author of Breastfeeding Made Simple. She also runs the websites UppityScienceChick.com and BreastfeedingMadeSimple.com.
Robin Farr lives in Victoria and is mom to Connor (almost 3). She writes about her struggle with postpartum depression on her blog, Farewell, Stranger, which she started early in 2011 as a way to share her experience. In the short time she’s been blogging she’s found a community of parents who have struggled with PPD and has discovered that talking about it is actually okay and that none of us is nearly as alone as being a parent sometimes makes us feel.
Toni Byrnes lives in Victoria with her husband and 4 month old daughter Kaeley. After immigrating from Australia in 2007 and starting a family last year, she is now on maternity leave learning to raise a child and cope with post-partum depression. With most of her family in another hemisphere, she knows the importance of friends and community and wants others to know they are not alone either.
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